Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43102, 8 June 1907, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This above all — to Ihtne own self be true, And it must follow as the night the dag Thou canst not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

The Postmaster notifies that parcels for the United States are to be sent for ward to uckland for despatch by the Vancouver steamer to Honolulu, arrangements being made for transit between Honolulu and United States.

As showing the richness.of the soil and the siiitabi'ity of the country for dairy purposes, it may be mentioned th»t one of the settlors at Apiti (Fielding). Mr D. Curteis, has been getting a test of (i.O with the milk from his herd of Jerseys and Shorthorns for some months.

Clearing out our stock of millinery at greatly reduced prices. Big reductions L. Cullen’s Te Aroha.—Advt. Scarlet fever and diphtheria are very prevalent in Wellington just now. _ Both diseases are istributed over a wide area throughout the city. Their spread is largely attributable to carelessness on the part of convalescents, and contacts travel ling in the trains, etc , without taking necessary precautions.

Mr Claude Coldicutt, of Auckland, who is studying for his degree at Edinburgh University has carried off first class honours in class examinations in clinical medicine, systematic surgery, and midwifery. He has also taken second'class honours in systematic medicine and thiid pri>,e ip the, midwifery class. Six different styles of sewing machines to select from. Time payment or cash. See Johnson and Wigg’s stock, Advt.

A brick structure is being erected at the railway station to the east, of the passenger’s luggage shed, which is to be utilised in coiinection with, the heating of foot warmers. The.se warmers are about to be placed in the carnages, and will no doubt be a source of comfort to those travelling during very cold weather. —Hot Lakes Chronicle.

A strong and influential committee was recently foxmed with the object of giving effect to a proposal to commemorate Sir John Hall’s mayoral term of office. The committee has now given a commission to Mr Kidson, the local sculp!oi, to execute a marble bust of Sir John Hall for placing in the Municipal Council Chambers. Sir John was mayor during the Exhibition year just closed, and was also mayor forty 'five y airs ago. For children’s backing cough at night Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure Is (id and J.s ud. —Advt.

Flax cultivation, which, without a doubt, will et become a leading industry ill New Zealand is steadily growing. We hear that around Stratford (Taranaki province) the utilisation of swamp lands has assumed definite shape several settlers theio have put down, respectively, from 50 to JSO acres, and they consider it will prove more profitable than any other crop. If a mill can be got to start in the district, flax land, it is estimated, will he worth from £? to £lO per acre.

Wlieu speaking at the Primitive Methodist centenary celebration in Wellington 011 Mi.i)day evening, the Tlou. Mr Fowlds gave some interesting religious autobiography. He stated that he had started life in Scotland as a Presbyterian. When he went out to South Africa the pea est place of worship in his locality of settlement was a Wesleyan Methodist Church, and he became a Wesleyan, and ho did not find the change iu any way upsetting. Subsequently, at Capetown, lie was married in a Congregational Church, and on settling iu Auckland ]}? had become a COll- - finding theyr Church oftcriug the widest door and in that Church he°had now rested for twenty-two years. A large shipment of Women’s and children’s hosiery and underwear just arrived, direct from the manufacturers. — L. Cullen’s Te Aroha.—Advt,

As showing the effects of the vote of £5, made by the Tauranga Agricultural and Pastoral Association last, year, for the purchase cl birds’ eggs, viz., Is 9d per 100 for s rows’ and blackbirds’ ■ go-gs, and 2s 'll per 100 for those of larks, we publish the following figures, supplied to us by Mr C. A. Crabbe, Cameron Head, y/ho mads the purchases on behalf of the Association :—iSparrbTP? eggs purchased 4795, blackbirds’ 1152’ larks’ 5g7, total 6514. In addition to, this a large number of eggs were broken iu transit arid were n«it paid for. It will be readily acknowledged that good value was received for the £(/ expended, and other bodies might well consider the advisability of purchasing eggs as against, distributor of poison for small birds. Sing a song of Peppermint, The cure that’s made by Woods, For' one and sixpence worth of cost A sovereign’s worth of good. When the bottle’s opened It’s praise all people sing ; ’Tis certain such a sovereign Cum Would set up any King.

At Wesley Church to-morrow the Eev. J. Dukes will preach in the morning on “ Purifying Hope,” and iu the evening on The Word that Prevails.” Captain Lycns.Montgomery, of Cam bridge, intends shortly to take up his residence at Te Aroha.—ludependant.

A Confirmation Service will be held at S. Mark’s, Te Aroha, on Sunday evening at 7. p.m.7by Bishop Neligan. All those who intend to join the young men’s hockey club are requested to at tend at the pound paddock next L.turday afternoon, June 15, at 3 p.m. We regret to hear that Mr Manson is at present indisposed. He is being attended i by Dr Kenny, and his many Te Aroha ( friends will wish him a speedy recovery, jj A Missionary meeting in connection jj with Bishop Neligan’s visit to Te Aroha, < will be held iu the Public Hall on Sun- j day afternoon, at .'1,30., The chair will j be taken by His Worship the Mayor. j At St. David’s Church, Te Aroha, on j Suuday, the Eev. W. Gow, of Cambridge J will preach both morning and evening. A full attendance of young men interested in the Te Aroha Literary and Debating Society will be held on Monday night, to consider the adoption of ruies, syllabus, ulc! election of officers. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds never fails, Is Gd and 2s Gd. —Advt.

On Friday afternoon the pupils of the higher standards at the Hamilton West District High School presented Mr Bayley, who has resigned his position on the teaching staff, with an umbrella as a token of their aflectiou. The presentation was made by Miss Dcvothy Burd, and Mr Bayley thanked the children for their kindness.

In connection with the drainage of tli Piako lands Mr George Scotcher nas sug gesiod to the Minister for Lands tha drains should be cut from the bottom oi the hills from Waikaka to Waitakaruru the smaller drains being put down about a quater of a mile apart and the large drains about a mile. The work, it i, estimated, would be carried out for £1 per chain, and would enhance the value of the land considerably. One of the most useful things in the house is to be bought in Te Aroha at wholesale price, ask Johnson and Wigg.— Advt.

Information was received by the police at Eotorua on Monday last that a road - man -named Maher, who had been working on the road near Atiamuri. was missing. Constable Eyan, stationed at Taupo. proceeded to Atiamuri, made inquiries, and instituted a search for the missing man. On Thursday Sergeant Watt received a wire from Constable Eyan stating that no trace of Maher had been found so far but the search was still being continued. The Derby Stakes, of 650sovs, about one mile and a-lialf, run at Epsom, on Wednesday, resulted —Mr Eichard Ccolter’s ch c Orfoy, by Orme —Khoda B, 1 ; Col. E. W. Baird’s b c Woolwinder, 2 ; Captain Greer's blk e Slieve Gabion, 3. Nine started. Orby won by two lengths from Woolwinder, which "was lialt-a-length in front of Slieve Gabion. Time 2nun 44s.ee. Betting : 13 to 8 on Slieve Gallion, 100 to 0 Orby. Orby, the winner, only started twice as a two year-old, running third on each occasion.

Men’s heavy wool underwear at re-, duced prices, also men’s ready-to-wear suits, perfect fitting, at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha.—Advt.

With reference to a telegram received from Thames complaining of the exportation of flax roots to New Hebrides and elsewhere, the Minister for Lands has iu formed the Post” that the statement that the fields were being depleted was a wild rumour. A few roots might be expo ted, but that could not be prevented. Far greater harm was done to the flaxfields by careless owners allowing cattle to stray over the ground than by the exporting of roots, The Agricultural Department had been experimenting for some time with a view to encouraging the industry. For Bronchial Coughs take Wood’s Groat Peppermint Cure, lsGd and 2s Gd— Advt.

A Waimate plains dairyman stated that last season his her ! averaged over £2 per month per cow. This, of course, was earned from the production of cheese, the payments being at the rate of 12d per lb for bnttcifat. If this statement is true (says the “ Opunake Times ”) this average should leave a fair margin for loss of by products. The relative merits of butter versus cheese cannot be gauged by one season alone as there are many details with the butter producers, such as the fluctuations in the price of young cattle and pigs, and whether the prices for cheese continues long enough to advance the price of heifers. It will take time to solve these questions. Meanwhile, the factories that have the dual plant and only require to turn a wheel to take advantage of the flowing tide in prices arc reaping immediate benefits, and can still float with next season’s tides —whether it be by way of butter or cheese.

Just landed a big shipment of sewing machines both hand and treadle, hallbearing, and otherwise, no middleman profits, direct from manufactures. Johnson and Wigg. —Adyfc.

The following letter received in Eltham from Auckland is interesting :“I visited the A. and P. Society’s Winter Show and was much struck with Ihe many magnificent exhibits. The dairy exhibits were the largest ever seeu in the colony, coming as they did from all parts of the ’islands. Taranaki will, ere long, have to hand over its laurels to Auckland as the premier dairy province of the colony. During my stay in the northern portion of this province, I often wondered why dairying had not been carried on to a greater extent for feed is plentiful all the year round aud frosts are unknown almost, except in the few table-lands about Whangarei. However, T learn, since my departure (some three years ago) that many Taranaki farmers have taken up land there and are boom ing the industiy iu which they are so well versed. Factories aud their feeders creameries—are springing up like the proverbial mushroom, and the people of the north have discovered that industries other than those of coal, kauri and fruit can be made to pay.” A CONSISTENT SEPARATOR. .

Writing in fm“l euc ® to the Baltic BSO gallon Separator, Mr Cooper, tb'2 w°dknown Manager- of the Mangatoki Dairy Co. says “1 am pleased to say this machine is giving, every satisfaction. It is easily equal to SSO gallons per hour, and the skimming is quite equal if not letter than any other machine we have, in fact, it is more consistent, skimming as well at the end of a three hour?’ run a 3 if does at the start. It takes al out one-fourth Jess power to do the same work as two machines of 440 gallons capacity.” Full particulars of both hand and power machines from J. B. Mao Ewan find C 9. Ltd., Fqrt Street Auckland.

It is reported here (says our Cambridge correspondent) that forty men are work* ing at the Horn Hora rapids, _ near Cambridge, on behalf of the Waibi Gold Mining Company. If this is true, it means that the Government has granted the comuany's application to use the falls for generating electrical power for

the Waihi mines. —N. Z. Herald. M< ssrs J. an i G. Lovegrove, the -wellknown land and estate agents, Te Aroha have been appointed local agents for the Sou; li British hire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand. They also notify that they have a number of good sheep and dairy farms for sale on easy terms. An Auckland Press Association wire states that Leopold Muir, the young man who was arrested on arrival from Wellington changed with threatening to shoot a young women in Auckland, and remanded from time to time, was examined by doctors, who certified him as quite sane. Muir, who said he did not remember making any threats, was convicted and bound over to keep the peace for 12 months, two secureties of £25 each and his own bond of £SO.